It’s less about whether it mattered in this specific instance, but more so to the point that it can. A top 8 cut with 600+ players with SoS being a tiebreakers means that you need to incentivize people to play it out for the sake of the people in that top 12-15 range
I guess I’d have to go see if the 9th player’s early opponents dropped. TBH I don’t have the math to back up the claim but I can’t imagine it wouldn’t hurt someone’s standings if their opponents end up with less points, what with Opponent Match Win being the first breaker iirc.
Funny that you specifically call out the drops hurting active players when the 8th and 9th place players were separated by 0.4% SoS…
It’s less about whether it mattered in this specific instance, but more so to the point that it can. A top 8 cut with 600+ players with SoS being a tiebreakers means that you need to incentivize people to play it out for the sake of the people in that top 12-15 range
Yes, agreed. Which goes to my point of FFG increasing the prizing to make it worth actually staying in and playing it out.
I also think they should have a few side events running (maybe just pods even) on the Friday.
I guess I’d have to go see if the 9th player’s early opponents dropped. TBH I don’t have the math to back up the claim but I can’t imagine it wouldn’t hurt someone’s standings if their opponents end up with less points, what with Opponent Match Win being the first breaker iirc.